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American OO Today: Two TYCO conversion reefers

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The online magazine on the history and operation of vintage scale model trains in American OO gauge. Saturday, April 25, 2015. Two TYCO conversion reefers. As the weather turns to summer I seem every year to turn to some of the more modern cars in my operating collection. Most if not all were not prototypical schemes, but still they are attractive if fanciful cars. The trucks are worth a special mention, they are his custom roller bearing trucks, described further in this article. John Ericson has been a...

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American OO Today: A Passenger Train from the Green Brook, and I need a Break from Rebuilding Scale-Craft Trucks

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The online magazine on the history and operation of vintage scale model trains in American OO gauge. Friday, June 25, 2010. A Passenger Train from the Green Brook, and I need a Break from Rebuilding Scale-Craft Trucks. I had already worked over two matching cars as described this prior post. The baggage cars above need little comment; they are pretty stock. He did add a couple crates that are not that visible as interior details. I like the two tone paint job. The “coaches” were both modified...If you th...

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American OO Today: A Two Dome Tank Car

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The online magazine on the history and operation of vintage scale model trains in American OO gauge. Saturday, December 5, 2009. A Two Dome Tank Car. I have been slowly finishing the “tank car project” from the summer. And the latest car finished is this two dome tank car. The decals are old Walthers HO decals that worked out great; Deep Rock was a gas retailer in the area of my layout and had a number of similar three dome tank cars, such as the one in this photo. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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American OO Today: Some Greenbrook Restorations

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The online magazine on the history and operation of vintage scale model trains in American OO gauge. Sunday, March 1, 2015. Up today are several interesting models built by David Sacks for his American OO scale Greenbrook layout ( my main article on Sacks and the Greenbrook is here. But ones that had fallen on sad times. Finally, we have the rest of the head end cars of a heavyweight passenger train. The RPO is a somewhat rare Nason model, the baggage car on the left is J-C models and the one on the ...

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American OO Today: One Approach to Modern Diesels in OO

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The online magazine on the history and operation of vintage scale model trains in American OO gauge. Sunday, February 21, 2010. One Approach to Modern Diesels in OO. Back in 1993 Bill Johann put out an “extra issue” of The OO Road. That was devoted to modern diesels. More than half the issue is OO scale drawings of modern diesels (reprinted with permission from RMC) but the issue opens with four pages of text related to converting HO diesels to OO. As he notes,. Johann went all out on his conversions to ...

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American OO Today: The best OO wheel sets ever, and the indispensible tool

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The online magazine on the history and operation of vintage scale model trains in American OO gauge. Thursday, June 12, 2008. The best OO wheel sets ever, and the indispensible tool. Mentioned in several posts now are the OO gauge wheel sets produced by Ultimate Screw Machine Products Co. This company placed one advertisement in. On page 5 of the June, 1968 issue. So far as I know this was the last advertisement placed in the model railroad press by an American OO gauge manufacturer. The ad reads:. I sho...

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American OO Today: An Exacta #201 Pullman in OO scale

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The online magazine on the history and operation of vintage scale model trains in American OO gauge. Sunday, March 15, 2015. An Exacta #201 Pullman in OO scale. A maker with big plans for HO, OO, S, and O Scale models right after WWII was Exacta Scale Models, Inc. of Portland, Oregon. In my main article on Exacta (here). As to the other OO items listed in their 1946 catalog, I really had no idea if they were produced or not. The back of the sides/ends is interesting to see firsthand. I really don&#82...

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American OO Today: Three American OO Tank Cars

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The online magazine on the history and operation of vintage scale model trains in American OO gauge. Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Three American OO Tank Cars. In the layout tour post. The last two cars in the train were never clearly shown, these tank cars. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). John Ericson has been active in American OO for over 30 years, is a university music professor by profession, and firmly believes everyone needs a hobby. View my complete profile. About American OO Gauge. Welcome to mode...

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Minitrem - sua conexão com o melhor do FERROMODELISMO.

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Minitrem - Sua conexão com o melhor do FERROMODELISMO. Sua conexão com o melhor do FERROMODELISMO. Dicas, truques e técnicas para você se aprimorar no hobby, além de notícias, curiosidades, fotos e vídeos. Escalas e Bitolas do Ferromodelismo. Escala" em modelismo é a relação entre as dimensões lineares de dois itens distintos e é normalmente expressa em forma de fração. No ferromodelismo, H0. É a nomenclatura utilizada pela indústria para se referir à uma proporção de 1:87,1. Agá zero), rodando em bitola...